This is the first big clue that Verne drops about time and setting watches. You ought to regulate your watch at noon in each country.' Detective Fix-Chapter VIII, pg. 'You have kept London time, which is two hours behind that of Suez. It also reveals a lot about Fix's character he truly believes that what he is doing is right, and on top of that, he is exceedingly confident in his own abilities. He is convinced that there is a ruthless bank robber hidden beneath Fogg's honest exterior. This quote reveals Fix's motivation throughout the entire story. 'The artistic thing is, to unmask honest countenances it's no light task, I admit, but a real art.' Detective Fix-Chapter VI, pg. Fogg, not one to turn down a challenge to his honor, accepts the bet, and the trip round the world truly begins.

It comes after they read a claim in the newspaper that the world can be traversed in eighty days. This is the very moment that Fogg is challenged to the wager that will drive the entire journey. Stuart, Reform Club Member-Chapter III, pg. At once a riveting race against time and an action-packed odyssey into the unknown, Around the World in Eighty Days is a masterpiece of adventure fiction that has captured the imaginations of generations of readers - and continues to enthrall us today.Ī legendary French author and pioneer of the science fiction genre, Jules Verne wrote visionary tales of space, air, and underwater adventure in classics like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).'I'd like to see you do it in eighty days.' Mr. Fogg's mission is complicated by an incredible case of mistaken identity that sends a Scotland Yard detective in hot pursuit. Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant, Jean Passepartout, embark on a fantastic journey into a world filled with danger and beauty - from the exotic shores of India, where the heroic travelers rescue a beautiful Raja's wife from ritual sacrifice, to the rugged American frontier, where their train is ambushed by an angry Sioux tribe. Thus begins Jules Verne's classic 1872 novel, which remains unsurpassed in sheer story-telling entertainment and pure adventure. A fastidious English gentleman makes a remarkable wager - he will travel around the world in eighty days or forfeit his life's savings.

The journey around the world in 80 days